DiegoSilvério

Designer at Whirlpool Latin America

Product designer, graduated at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil in 2009, and graduated as specialist on planning and management of business at FAE Business School in 2012. I have experience with research and development on design area. Currently, I’m working on Whirlpool Latin America with sensorial and perceived quality and metrics of design. As researcher, I've worked for clients as Nokia, Electrolux, HSBC Global Bank and Furukawa, and with sustainability for Volkswagen do Brazil, Embrart and Tigre S/A.
I’m a social volunteer, worked on Rotary’s young program and as a volunteer on a group that work with artistic education to 4-5 aged poor children. I've published scientific articles on national and international design congresses such as ICSID Singapore '09.

Work Samples

Neo-X - Medical equipment

Beepack package

Tok & Study

Work History

Designer / Sensory Quality, Craftsmanship

Whirlpool Latin America

Jan 2013 - Present (2 years 2 months)

As industrial designer at Design Metrics Team, I am responsible for analysis of sensorial and perceived quality of products to Latin American brands, and with development of new design metrics at Whirlpool Latin America. The main product categories are food stream solutions (refrigerators and freezers), food preparing (ovens, cooktops, ranges) and water business (water purifiers).

Inside Design Metrics area, Craftsmanship is the main metric, focused on sensorial and perceived quality, helping to understand the relationship and experience between consumer and products on shopping floor, quantify it and suggest improvements and new ways for development and production. The results of this metric cover from daily execution until strategic planning.

Design Researcher

Sustainable Design Research Center

Aug 2011 - Dec 2012 (1 year 4 months)

Sustainable Design Research Center (NDS) is focused on project and actions to create knowledge in sustainability and design, and spread it on academic and professional groups. NDS have highly collaborative environment, with contribution of globally recognized universities, and is also part of DESIS Network, network of design labs sustainable-oriented.

I was responsible for implementing and conducting activities on Amana and E-wise projects, participating also on planning and driving the results. On Amana project, I contribute to activities and accounting closure, including writing and deposit of patents resulting from project in partnership with Tigre S/A. On E-wise project, I was responsible for internal and external conduction of activities (approach and interviews of people), including the construction and conduction of workshops, and maintenance of the project's relationship with the partner universities.

Designer

Feel The Future

Sep 2009 - Jul 2011 (1 year 10 months)

Feel the Future is a design-driven consultancy, focused on user-centered and design research. We develop and manage the implementation of services, products and experiences. We are part of Reach - Global Design Research Network.Activities: Team and project planning and management, financial planning, market analysis, qualitative research, product and service development.Clients: Daiken; Electrolux; Nokia; Itaú; HSBC; Positivo Informática; Designit;

Volunteer / Marketing Coordinator

N Design

Dec 2008 - Jul 2010 (1 year 7 months)

Leader and Marketing Coordinator. N Design is a brazilian annual meeting of design Students and professionals and have a great impact to the academic design, attracting many participants from Latin America and other regions of the world. This edition, the 20th, was realized in Curitiba with 7 days of program, around 300 activities and 5 thousand participants.Activities: Team manager, event planning and management, Lei Rouanet (law of culture incentive – National Cultural Program) submission;

Design Researcher

Sustainable Design Research Center

May 2005 - Aug 2007 (2 years 3 months)

Research and development center focused on sustainability, creating opportunities for research in sustainable design on a highly collaborative environment.Activities: Workgroup; sustainable solutions development, immersion on enterprise, industrial process evaluation, publication of scientific articles.Clients: Volkswagen do Brasil; Embrart;